Vaccination against HPV: boosting coverage and tackling misinformation

The availability of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines and screening tests has raised the possibility of globally eliminating cervical cancer, which is caused by HPV. Cervical cancer is a very common malignancy worldwide, especially among deprived women. High vaccination coverage is key to the containment and eventual elimination of the infection. Public HPV vaccination programmes in Italy and Denmark were swiftly established and are among the most successful worldwide. Still, in both countries, it has been challenging to achieve and maintain the recommended coverage of > 80% in girls. In a well‐studied Italian region, vaccination coverage in girls at age 15 years (World Health Organization''s gold standard) reached 76% in 2015 but decreased to 69% in 2018, likely due to work overload in public immunization centres. In Denmark, doubts about safety and efficacy of the HPV vaccine generated a decline in coverage among girls age 12–17, from 80% in 2013 down to 37% in 2015, when remedial actions made it rise again. Insights from these two countries are shared to illustrate the importance of monitoring coverage in a digital vaccine registry and promptly reacting to misinformation about vaccination.

Abbreviations

CC

cervical cancer

FVG

Friuli Venezia Giulia

HICs

high‐income countries

HPV

human papillomavirus

LMICs

middle‐income countries

WHO

World Health Organization

     

腹部重症脓毒症老年患者术后T淋巴细胞亚群的变化

目的探讨重症脓毒症患者免疫治疗及各免疫指标的变化对严重脓毒症患者预后的影响。方法将20例腹部无明显感染的患者、20例腹部脓毒症患者不伴器官功能障碍、18例腹部严重脓毒症及脓毒性休克患者分为A、B、C组,A组术前及A、B、C组术后第1、3、7天,各抽取外周静脉血5ml于肝素管内,分别测定T淋巴细胞亚群(CD3、CD4、CD8、CD4/CD8)。同时记录生命体征的变化和预后转归。结果A、B、C三组在术后1、3天,CD3、CD4、CD4/CD8均下降,C组下降明显,与A、B组比较,差异具有显著性意义(P<0.05),术后第7天A、B、C组(病情好转者)均上升,C组恶化者CD3、CD4、CD4/CD8持续低下,与A、B、C组(病情好转者)比较,差异具有显著性意义(P<0.05)。结论手术对T淋巴细胞CD3、CD4抑制明显,术后1、3天抑制明显,7天明显上升至正常。对于术后脓毒症不伴器官功能障碍者对T淋巴细胞亚群影响不大,其变化与手术对机体免疫功能的变化一致。对于术后重症脓毒症及脓毒性休克患者IgA、IgM、IgG,C3、C4及T淋巴细胞亚群CD3、CD4、CD4/CD8明显降低,且随病情恶化,持续在较低水平。     

达利珠单抗预防致敏受者肾移植后排斥反应的临床研究

目的　探讨用达利珠单抗诱导治疗预防致敏受者肾移植后急性排斥反应的有效性与安全性。方法　将 36例群体反应性抗体为 30 %～ 5 0 %的致敏受者随机分为舒莱组和对照组 ,各 18例 ,舒莱组患者于移植术前 2h和术后第 4d接受达利珠单抗 (2 0mg/次 )诱导治疗 ,两个组术后均以环孢素A、霉酚酸酯和皮质激素预防排斥反应。结果　舒莱组术后 3个月内的急性排斥反应发生率明显低于对照组 (P <0 .0 1) ;术后 2～ 4周内对照组平均每日皮质激素用量明显高于舒莱组 ;两个组人 /肾 1年存活率的差异无显著性 ;舒莱组术后肾功能的恢复较对照组快 ,但差异无显著性 ;舒莱组术后1周内CD2 5 淋巴细胞数明显降低 (P <0 .0 1) ;未观察到达利珠单抗的相关不良反应。结论　在合理筛选供受者的基础上 ,致敏受者肾移植前接受达利珠单抗诱导治疗可降低术后急性排斥反应的发生率 ,且较为安全。     

脑脊液髓鞘碱性蛋白自身抗体在脱髓鞘疾病的研究

脑脊液髓鞘碱性蛋白(MBP)自身抗体固相发光免疫分析法,是一项免疫检测新技术,目前国外尚未见到对脱髓病研究的报道。本文作者于1988.5～1989.3首先采用本法并证实其可靠性后,进入临床研究,对36例脱髓鞘病及20例其他CNS疾病者的对照组,用三项免疫指标行对比分析。CSFMBP自身抗体含量及其和同量IgG自身抗体的百分比值分别为69.23±11.95ng/ml及3.24±0.52ug/mg±gG和对照组相比,P值分别为<0.05及<0.001,有显著差异,对本病诊断有意义。     

The Distally Based Sural Artery Flap for Ankle and Foot Coverage

The sural artery flap is a distally based fasciocutaneous flap that has many advantages to offer for coverage in the foot and ankle area. It has the largest arc of rotation of all the regional flaps and does not require sacrifice of any major artery, and moderate-to-large-sized defects can be covered adequately. The dissection technique is simple, and donor site morbidity is minimal. We report our experience with 17 cases. Age range was from 13 to 56 years. Ten (59%) defects were posttraumatic, 3 (17%) were related to reconstructive surgery of the foot or tendon Achilles', 2 (11%) resulted from tumor resection, and 1 each were from infection and gunshot wound. The smallest flap was 6 x 4 cm and the largest was 15 x 12 cm, with the average size being 11 x 7.5 cm. In 5 cases, the donor site was closed primarily, and in other cases, split-thickness skin graft was needed. The short saphenous vein was included in the pedicle in all cases. There was no incidence of complete flap necrosis. Follow-up ranged from 3 to 30 months. Two cases (12%) developed partial superficial necrosis. In 1 case, there was partial wound dehiscence that needed debridement and repair. Another case had postoperative discharge, which subsided after removal of the calcaneal plate. None of the patients complained of any functional problem related to loss of sensation along the lateral border of the foot. The sural island flap is a reliable, safe, and easy method of providing soft tissue coverage in the area of the foot and ankle.     

医院经济分配制度改革的推进思路

分配制度改革不仅是调动职工积极性的重要举措，还是卫生体制改革的重要内容，其涉及面广，政策性强，敏感度高，一直是困扰医院改革与发展的难题，也是评价医院有无活力的重要表现。     

海南省消灭脊髓灰质炎开展强化免疫活动的效果评价

笔者根据海南省脊髓灰质炎历年的发病情况，以常规免疫和省内及全国强化免疫资料，对该省消灭脊髓效果进行了评价。结果表明：１９９３、１９９４年两年全国强化免疫活动日的效果显著，海南省从１９９４年以来无脊灰野毒感染病例发生。实验室资料也证实，全国强化免疫活动日，起到了阻断Ⅰ型野毒株循环的作用。     

Survival and immunogenicity of dissociated allogeneic fetal neural dopamine-rich grafts when implanted into the brains of adult mice

Summary The survival of grafts of dissociated allogeneic fetal neural dopamine (DA) rich tissue in the striatum has been studied after transplantation between inbred strains of mice differing at defined immunogenetical loci between donor and recipient. Six to 7 weeks and 15 weeks after grafting, surviving grafted DA neurons were found in the brains of all the recipients, albeit with a large variation in numbers, located either within the striatum or within the adjacent lateral ventricle. The mean number of surviving DA neurons did not differ between the syngeneic controls and the histoincompatible donor-host combinations, and there was no difference in survival between grafts that differed at single or multiple major histocompatibility complex (MHC) loci, and those that differed at multiple non-MHC loci. The amount of inflammatory cells in the graft area did not differ between the groups, and none of the animals showed massive infiltration of inflammatory cells. The in situ immunogenicity of the grafted neural tissue after intracerebral implantation was monitored by means of Simonsen's alloimmunization test, at 6–7 weeks after transplantation, which provides a sensitive measure primarily of the cellular immunological response. Most, but not all, graft recipients showed immunization with a Spleen Index (S.I.) close to that seen in recipients of an orthotopical skin graft of the same histoincompatibility combination. In contrast to the prolonged survival of the intracerebral neural transplants, none of the skin grafts survived longer than 3 weeks, thus demonstrating the immunologically privileged status of the brain. We conclude that intracerebrally grafted allogeneic neural tissue is capable of provoking a cellular immune response. Despite host immunization, however, the dissociated fetal neural allografts survived for at least 15 weeks without any overt signs of rejection, regardless of the donor-host combination used.     

Nucleic acid vaccines

There are no adequate vaccines against some of the new or reemerged infectious scourges such as HIV and TB. They may require strong and enduring cell-mediated immunity to be elicited. This is quite a task, as the only known basis of protection by current commercial vaccines is antibody. As DNA or RNA vaccines may induce both cell-mediated and humoral immunity, great interest has been shown in them. However, doubt remains whether their efficacy will suffice for their clinical realization. We look at the various tactics to increase the potency of nucleic acid vaccines and divided them broadly under those affecting delivery and those affecting immune induction. For delivery, we have considered ways of improving uptake and the use of bacterial, replicon or viral vectors. For immune induction, we considered aspects of immunostimulatory CpG motifs, coinjection of cytokines or costimulators and alterations of the antigen, its cellular localization and its anatomical localization including the use of ligand-targeting to lymphoid tissue. We also thought that mucosal application of DNA deserved a separate section. In this review, we have taken the liberty to discuss these enhancement methods, whenever possible, in the context of the underlying mechanisms that might argue for or against these strategies.     

中国株HIV-1 gp120核酸疫苗的实验免疫研究

目的　探讨表达中国株HIV 1gp12 0基因的核酸疫苗在小鼠体内的免疫反应。方法　将表达HIV 1gp12 0的核酸疫苗质粒pVAXP经肌肉注射免疫Balb c小鼠 ,检测免疫小鼠脾CD4 +、CD8+T细胞亚群的数量 ,脾特异性CTL杀伤活性和血清抗体滴度。结果　重组质粒pVAXP免疫组小鼠脾CD4 +、CD8+T细胞亚群的数值均比对照组高 (P <0 .0 5 ) ;免疫组脾特异性CTL杀伤活性与对照组相比差异极显著 (P <0 .0 1) ;血清抗体滴度显著高于对照组 (P <0 .0 5 )。结论　表达HIV 1gp12 0基因的核酸疫苗质粒pVAXP能诱导小鼠产生特异性细胞和体液免疫。